Yard sign bizarreness
I meant to post about this yesterday but something shiny went by I was thinking deep thoughts. On my way to work yesterday I saw another Obama sign. In the same yard as a Lou for Congress sign. That's Lou as in Lou Barletta. One of these things is not like the other. I thought maybe it was someone having a little fun but they were still there when I came home and still there tonight. Either it's a mixed marriage or someone's been hitting the bad crack.
I live in Alexandria, VA, the place that sends Jim Moran to Congress every two years, usually without even a token challenger (I've taken to writing in Meryl Yourish).
Right after McCain named Palin, the number of McCain signs incresed about 500% (from 1 to 5), but lately it's almost 50-50 between McCain and Obama!.
I don't know what that means, it's just odd. I know that one McCain sign is from a Republican, but I wonder how many of the others are Hillary voters.
Posted by: Veeshir at October 14, 2008 11:25 AM (ThMnZ)
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After I read this article,I like it and have a great harvest.
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I've heard it said that the baby-boomer die-off will result in something like a $3.5 trillion transfer of wealth to Gen-X. The prospect terrifies me.
Posted by: leoncaruthers at October 08, 2008 10:32 PM (JSO4h)
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Don't sweat it ... at the rate we're going, we'll have defaulted on the national debt by then.
Posted by: Hermit Dave at October 09, 2008 12:13 AM (WhFvm)
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I spent a lot of time working to make sure that Uncle Sam gets as little of the $3.5trillion as possible. But there's a lot of folks that don't want their kids to get it all. Or at least, they don't want the kids to be handed a check for the total amount. They structure trusts to maintain "beyond the grave" control of the money. And they give shitloads to charity.
Posted by: XBradTC at October 09, 2008 12:55 AM (XR95h)
Credit Markets: I can has moar bailouts?Getting greedy we are. See, this is exactly the problem. Now they're going to try and hold the economy hostage to squeeze more bailout money out of DC. We've got California demanding bailouts, Detroit already got the auto bailout. Hey, let's bail everyone and everything out!
Know what, let them sink, enough is enough. Frankly, someone ought to write a bill to repeal the $700 billion bailout for this insult.
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You're right. We've had this plan in place for 7 hours now and the credit problem hasn't gotten any better. We need to scrap it and find a new plan STAT!!!!
Actually This American Life just had a very good show on what's happening with the credit market. I highly recommend it.
Posted by: chad at October 03, 2008 10:24 PM (YICPL)
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I'm not even saying that this bailout was bad necessarily (unless it causes an endless cascade of bailouts, then it is a disaster), but this "I want more" shit is, yes, I'll say it, a fucking outrage. The fact that we're giving nearly a trillion to these people is bad enough. They've got some damn nerve making demands like this, before we know if the first bailout will be enough. They ought to be punished for having the gall to demand more.
Random thought, but seems fitting,
Posted by: doubleplusundead at October 03, 2008 11:05 PM (5TQen)
The problem with bailouts...
...is that everyone thinks they should get one, which is why I've been so hesitant to come out in favor of this financial market bailout. The Soviet of California is now demanding $7 Billion in bailouts or that they're gonna collapse. Let 'em collapse, they wanted Marxism, they got Marxism, and they should get the bankruptcy that inevitably follows Marxism. They won't though, the GOP in Congress will cave again and we'll keep bailing them out time and time again until the entire nation is sucked under by debt. The Soviet of California won't learn that doing everything under the sun to choke off growth and business is destructive and leads to ruin and woe.
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I've been sort of joking at work that we need to start an insurance company quick so that we can go out of business and get money. After all, that seems to be the best business plan at the moment.
You know, in theory, I'd love someone to bail me out of my crushing student loans. But in reality, I'm sucking it up and taking the hit and dealing with the consequences of my own bad financial decisions because in the end it's no one's responsibility but mine.
Posted by: alexthechick at October 03, 2008 01:25 PM (SHHaV)
